The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-10

that saws, thus far shalt thou come and no far
Their. You may be a post, painter, or jour
naiist. You have your one, five or ten talents
You will be judged according to your opportu-
nifty
1--WE should all like to live MP yonder,
but We can't. We can't all live in Boston. They
understand Browning there don't understand
him, and live near HMM the same city A
Boston man was loaned copy OF Shakespeare
and after he had read it, was asked his opinion.
1T is grand, said he; 1t Is sublime. There are
not six men in Boston who could have written
those plays There is one reason why do not
write such things tOthello,' and Hamlet
and Tam OShanter,' and Paradise Lost /
can't
II have been told by some eminent Germans
in this country that speak with decided En-
glish accent. 1 would like 10 speak with a
choice Japanese or Chinese accent, but can't
It is perhaps strang that a man who was never
out of England until after he thirty years
old should speak with English accent re-
proach myself for it; stab myself; and now
that I have recovered proceed. The Dutch
maa had funny clock. He said when the
know it is quarter of 8. Some men are
so. If you want them go way they go
another. Although q man may be erratic and
unmanageable. there is key to his heart The
crooked rail will serve to turn a If you
find the way TO his heart you may find the use
less man rough gem.
There is another clock in the corner The
jeweler says 1t is the regulator by which be
sets the others. Are there not in society stand
ard bearers who SET exampiesl Ii they went
wrong. if they defrauded the poor and cheated
the blind. society would totter TO the base. They
the ten that preserve the city. But what
regulates the regulators The sun. The sun is
our clothes. He Is the tailor and
the dress-maker. He sets our tables with the
food of his seasons Why does the captain of
the ship look in the cloudsE His course is on the
sea. The sun comes ont after it has been hid
den for three DAYS and the time Is taken and
logged The clock is changed twenty mnutes.
hn cFrofd ~ fak nhS tiara
on life's rough Look up. Your ship will
be guided to port by the mystic influence of the
stars.
ga matchmaker was asked how many opera
tions there we're in the making OF a watch. He
counted, and answered !, 200. Which one made
i'll None. They all made it. Who can tell
what makes a characters Is il parentage, or
health. or surroundings Neither. 1t is all.
You cannot say which dewdrop gives beauty to
the rainbow. After long drought you have
refreshing rain tonight Which drop was the
beneficial ones
man finds his clock wrong. and moves the
hands ND ten minutes. He says it is right. now.
Not SO. The hands right, but the clock is
wrong. You cannot reform a man by changing
his surroundings. You must change the man.
II man is wrong you must not merely wash his
hands You must wash his heart. again, and
again. and again. until it washes for the last
time in the eternal river.
What o'clock is ita This is great country
for clocks When 1 got to your Union Depot,
with its dials showing all hours. 1 thought the
country was made'of clocks What o'clock is it,
~ GU say nine. WlereE here mere Is q ali
place. 1 can put my boot or finger on it What
o'clock in India, in Turkey, in Londona
hear great Congregationalist saying his Church
q the great apos toIc-whers2 At Edinboro
ny Presbyterian friend is telling that his is the
great apostolic-where? In London the Epsco-
palian is telling that his is the great apostolic
Wherel Come to Rome. gentlemen. and we will
submit this question to umpire. We go be-
fore the old gente-I should say the Pope-I
had almost called him the old gentle
man. He knows of them. His
ia he oil
living Light! Thou knowest. and Thy mercy
o'clock. It is not, except at this point. When
the day shall come God will say what time it il
everywhere. We might see more if we looked
better"
The speaker closed the lecture by reciting
"Cleon and ]" and followed it by a brief state
ment of the nature OF the fight for home rule
being made by Gladstone. He offered the fol-
lowing telegram for the adoption of the meeting:
Rt. Hon. w. e. Gladstone. Hawarden Castle, Ches-
ter. England:
Indianapolis gladly follows the example of Buffalo,
Cleveland. Cincinnati, Louisville, and Richmond in
recognizing in DR.. Joseph Parkers statement proof
chat Mr. Gladsfones Irish policy is daily becoming
better understood in England, and heartily gratu-
lates the right honorable gentleman upon the pros
pect that he yet may be able to give home rule to
Ireland upon the lines that he has periodically
posed. This meeting would warmly thank that por-
ton of the British which has powerfully and
consistently supported Mr.. Gladstone in his endeav-
satisfy and tranquilize the people of Ireland
1t was adopted. with but or three dissent
ing votes. and afterward cabled to England At
the close an informal reception held. and a
number OF prominent citizens. including resi-
dent and visiting ministers, were presented to
the speaker.